79R4499 KKA-D

By:  Madla                                                        S.B. No. 597



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to computation of average daily attendance for certain 
small school districts with declining enrollment.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 42.005(b), Education Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	(b)  A school district that experiences a decline of two 
percent or more in average daily attendance shall be funded on the 
basis of:
		(1)  the actual average daily attendance of the 
preceding school year, if:
			(A)  the decline is the result of the closing or 
reduction in personnel of a military base; or
			(B)  the district has fewer than 1,600 students in 
average daily attendance in the current school year; or
		(2)  subject to Subsection (e), an average daily 
attendance not to exceed 98 percent of the actual average daily 
attendance of the preceding school year, if the decline is not the 
result of the closing or reduction in personnel of a military base 
and the district has 1,600 or more students in average daily 
attendance in the current school year.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.